Tag: right angle weave

  • BFAC 2010 idea

    Here’s where I’m going with my BFAC 2010 project: My stained glass artist friend, Carol, made several pendants for me in the color scheme of the kit — I provided her with the fan of beads above, and a sample of those beads not included in the fan.  The rose montees are placed on the…

  • Orange beaded bead necklace done!

    It’s done!  My plan, as I was working on it, was that the clasp (button) would be worn jauntily off-center.  I think it looks best centered.  It literally took me hours to string, and that was after I had laid out the design.  Here’s the lesson to take away from this:  when making right angle…

  • Button centerpiece

    Here’s what I’ve made the button into — my intention is to string it though the shank on the back, hopefully hiding the clasp underneath it.

  • Six more blue beads done!

    …and six more to go.  Plus a reddish-orange one.  Plus the clasp to be made out of the button.  And maybe more, depending on how it looks when I have these components done, and if I need more length (I’m thinking 16-18″.)

  • Blue beads plus extras….

    So I haven’t done any more blue beads, but I did make 3+ other beads for this set.  I’m envisioning making some sort of centerpiece out of the button, like the button is the center of a flower of fringe, perhaps.  The clasp, I’m hoping, will be hidden underneath it.  The orange beads will be…